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An Algerian man leads his fighting ram back home before a curfew is imposed. AFP
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A worker disinfects cars before they pass a drive-through coronavirus screening centre at Ain Shams in Cairo. AFP
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Mahmoud Islam, 24, shows a coronavirus-shaped ice cream inside the Roll Zone shop in the Cairo neighbourhood of Giza, Egypt. Reuters
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People wear face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
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An aerial picture taken with a drone shows graves of victims who died with coronavirus at a cemetery in the city of Najaf, southern Iraq. EPA
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Butchers, wearing protective face masks, carve meat in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. AFP
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A man shops for fabric in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. AFP
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Men sit at a traditional cafe in the historic city of Shaqlawah, about 48 kilometres northeast of Erbil, in the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
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A man crosses by boat from Rabat to Sale after lockdown measures were lifted, in Morocco. AP Photo
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Yasmin, left, applies makeup to her friend, Mariam, as they spend time outdoors for the first time since lockdown measures were lifted, in Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo
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Algerians are pictured at the seafront promenade in the Bab Al Oued district of Algiers. AFP
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Algeria's capital Algiers at the start of a curfew. AFP
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An Algerian man leads his fighting ram back home before a curfew is imposed. AFP
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A worker disinfects cars before they pass a drive-through coronavirus screening centre at Ain Shams in Cairo. AFP
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Mahmoud Islam, 24, shows a coronavirus-shaped ice cream inside the Roll Zone shop in the Cairo neighbourhood of Giza, Egypt. Reuters
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People wear face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
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An aerial picture taken with a drone shows graves of victims who died with coronavirus at a cemetery in the city of Najaf, southern Iraq. EPA
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Butchers, wearing protective face masks, carve meat in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. AFP
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A man shops for fabric in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. AFP
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Men sit at a traditional cafe in the historic city of Shaqlawah, about 48 kilometres northeast of Erbil, in the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
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A man crosses by boat from Rabat to Sale after lockdown measures were lifted, in Morocco. AP Photo
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Yasmin, left, applies makeup to her friend, Mariam, as they spend time outdoors for the first time since lockdown measures were lifted, in Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo
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Algerians are pictured at the seafront promenade in the Bab Al Oued district of Algiers. AFP
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Algeria's capital Algiers at the start of a curfew. AFP
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An Algerian man leads his fighting ram back home before a curfew is imposed. AFP
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